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Raritan paid $450,000 to settle lawsuit filed by a couple whose 1-year-old son was killed by impaired driver who was allegedly released prematurely by Borough police.

On January 24, 2023, the Borough of Raritan (Somerset County) paid $450,000 to a couple whose 1-year-old son was killed by a 62-year-old, intoxicated driver who Borough police had only hours before released from custody after having arrested him for heroin possession. The couple claimed that police “knew or should have known [that the driver] […]